2022–23 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

The 2022–23 Úrvalsdeild karla will be the 72nd season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland.

Subway deild karla1
Teams12
DatesOctober 2022 – 2023
TVStöð 2 Sport
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 6 April 2022.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla.

Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to 1. deild karla.[1]

Teams

Team City, Region Arena Head coach
Breiðablik Kópavogur Smárinn Pétur Ingvarsson
Grindavík Grindavík Mustad Höllin Sverrir Þór Sverrisson
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Höllin Máté Dalmay
ÍR Reykjavík Hertz Hellirinn Ísak Máni Wíum
Keflavík Keflavík TM Höllin Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson
KR Reykjavík DHL Höllin Helgi Már Magnússon
Njarðvík Njarðvík Ljónagryfjan Benedikt Guðmundsson
Stjarnan Garðabær Ásgarður Arnar Guðjónsson
Tindastóll Sauðárkrókur Síkið Baldur Þór Ragnarsson
Valur Reykjavík Origo-höllin Finnur Freyr Stefánsson
Þór Þorlákshöfn Þorlákshöfn Icelandic Glacial Höllin Lárus Jónsson

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
ÍR Friðrik Ingi RúnarssonEnd of contract1 April 2022[2]Off-season Ísak Máni Wíum5 April 2022[3]

Notable incidents

  • On 30 April, Dominykas Milka confirmed that Keflavík would not be offering him a contract after three seasons and one trip to the Úrvalsdeild finals.[4]
  • On 2 May, Dagur Kár Jónsson returned to the Úrvalsdeild after playing in Spain and signed with KR.[5]

References

  1. "Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót" (in Icelandic). 20. grein Úrvalsdeild karla: Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. "Friðrik hættur þjálfun". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. "Ísak Máni tekur við ÍR – Verður með liðið til 2025". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. Davíð Eldur (30 April 2022). "Dominykas Milka yfirgefur Keflavík". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  5. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (2 May 2022). "Dagur Kár í KR - Framlengt við Þorvald Orra og Veigar Áka". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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